This week’s Medicare updates include notification of a new interest rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments, revisions to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual regarding payment of services furnished by qualified nonphysician anesthetists, a fact sheet for hospitals on the 2018 Medicare EHR Incentive Program payment adjustment, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include corrections to the IPPS final rule; corrections to the Skilled Nursing Facilities Prospective Payment System final rule; year 3 baseline data on Medicare payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include clarification on portable x-ray necessity, recommendations from the hospital outpatient payment advisory panel, an adjustment to the amount in controversy threshold amounts for 2018, and more!
Outsourcing some HIM functions is common at many organizations. The decision might initially be spurred by staffing shortages or budgetary concerns, but many outsourcing arrangements become long-term projects.
